The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-05-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

8 AT a recent dinner in Washington,
given by Mrs. Stockton, each guest was
presented with little cage containing
. canary bird. 80 Chicago Herald. .lgs
"A suburban justice recently settled
a case in which boy committed an as
sault with pistol, by committing the
lad and ordering the pistol to be dis
charged.-Little Giant.
The King of the Sandwich Islands
has decorated King Malietoa Of Samos
with the grand cross of the royal order
of the Star of Oceana. Owing to his
general lack of costume the latter mon.
arch doesn't know how to pin it on
Chicago NeUs.
An eighteen-year old young man
of Richie County. Ind, fell i'll with
measles His grandmother. anxious to
effect speedy cure and ''bring them
out, . placed him between two ticks OF
feathers, with hot stones at his feet and
live sheep alongside him. He died.
An extremely useful cement for ex-
detrimental use is made from equal
quantities Of gutta-percha and white
pine pitch melted together. The COM
pound should be without Jumps. 1t inn
proves by remelting, and softens at
about the temperature of boiling water.
Boston Budget.
Deer in the far West are fast going
the way of the buffalo. One dealer in
Jacksonville, Ore, in two months
bought 1900 deer skins, and other deal
ers in Southern Oregon have bought as
many. These were all killed for their
skins only, contrary to law.-Spring-
field TO- Times.
AN explorer of prehistoric mounds
in Ohio has found carefully wrought
hatchets of soft coal associated with
human skeletons and bronze ornaments.
From the character of the material it is
evident that these were meant to simu-
late axes of flint, and were of no use
excepting in burials. Golden Rule.
1t is estimated that there is at least
$5, 900. 600 invested in fast horses in New
York City, exclusive of the animals kept
for racing purposes. The claim is made
that the owners of these fine creatures
are entitled to special consideration
from the city authorities, who are asked
to lay out Jerome avenue as finished
driveway.-Boston Transcript.
"A dispatch from Algeria announces
the death of the greatestlion slayer that
the world has ever seen. Ahmed-ben-
Ahmar, who was last year made a
Knight of the Legion of Honor. He
killed eighty lions and as many pam
theirs from the time he learned to shoot
until his departure for the happy hunt
ing grounds.
The total consumption of cocoa is
so, 900, 900 pounds per annum, supplied
mainly by the West Indies and South
America. France heads the list with
$1,000, 900 pounds; Spain comes next
with 100000 pounds; then follow
England, 14,O00.0 600 pounds; and the
United States, $500, 900 pounds.-M 7.
Post
"A citizen of Little Falls, n T., who
has carefully measured the snowfall
there last winter, says that he makes it
fourteen feet and nine inches, an I'M
preeedented depth. The spot where the
snow was measured was in o cedar
swamp surrounded by trees, which was
protected in such manner that no
snow blew in or out, and the figures are
supposed to be accurate.
AT recent meeting in Baltimore
Of the Freedman's Aid Society, an or
ganization for the education Of Meth
odist ministers among the negroes Of
the South, Secretary 7. c. Hartzell said
that the colored people are increasing
more by births than the whites are by
births and immigration combined. Five
hundred colored babies are born every
twenty-four hours.-N 7. San.
"A double chicken of the Siamese-
twin pattern absorbs the attention of
the people of Rochefort, Me. It has
two heads and two pairs of legs, but
these several members do not agree
when the chicken takes its, or their,
walks abroad-one head and pair Of
legs trying to shape their course to the
right, and the balance as persistently
| working for larboard course.-Boston
Transcript.
The other day, at Buffalo, N. Y,
while steam boiler was being severely
tested, terrific explosion occurred,
and the boiler was hurled several hum
dred feet into the air. In coming down
it struck the side of q brick building
and tore huge hole in it. What was
very singular was that the boiler was
not broken or shattered, but went up
| and came down whole, and nobody was
injured by the explosion.-M z. Ledger.
What is the origin Of the name
| Rocky Mountains?" / find it in the
narrative of Pierre Gaultier de Warren
ness, sieur de la Verandrye, whose
three sons, the LIST January, 1743, first
sighted the magnificent range. They
called it "Montagnes de Pierres Brill
antes," from the sparkling Of the sum-
mits in the sunshine. Then came the
more prosaic name, "Montagnes Ro-